Ascaso C., Souza-Egipsy V., Sancho L. G.
(2003):
Locating water in the dehydrated thallus of lichens from extreme microhabitats (Antarctica),
Bibl. Lichenol.,
86: 215-223
Microbial ecology deals with interactions among microorganisms, between microorganisms and their environment, and with water relations in the microhabitat. In the desiccated state, many lichens tolerate long periods of intense stress. The present report describes the use of scanning electron microscopy with backscattered electron imaging (SEM-BSE) to observe - on the spatial nanometer scale - relationships among the epilithic thallus of an Antarctic lichen, microorganisms belonging to epilithic, …
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